Comparison

Aether Player vs Quven

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Aether Player

This media player aggregates content from Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and local files into a unified library. It supports a wide range of formats and offers features like offline downloads, user profiles, and advanced subtitle management.

Highlights
  • Unified library from multiple sources
  • Supports various media formats (MKV, HEVC, HDR)
  • Offline downloads and Smart Downloads
  • User profiles with age restrictions
  • Advanced subtitle customization and search
  • Music playback with offline catalog
  • Live TV support with custom guides
Features
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Aether is a personal media player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and your own files — built natively for every Apple screen. Connect your server and your whole library appears: movies, shows, music, Continue Watching, Recently Added. Add a second server and both merge into one deduplicated view, with a picker that tells you which copy is the better file. Your media, not theirs. PLAY ANYTHING • Direct play or server-transcoded — Aether follows the best path automatically, per title. • MKV, HEVC, HDR, lossless audio: formats other players choke on play through a modern engine, GPU-accelerated for smooth 4K. • Picture in Picture, AirPlay, surround sound, lock-screen controls. • Switch audio and subtitle tracks mid-playback on every platform. • Offline downloads, including whole seasons — and Smart Downloads that keep the next unwatched episodes ready. EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE • Profiles: separate Continue Watching, watchlist, ratings, Home rails and trackers, with a PIN on the way in and per-profile library visibility. • A child's profile can be held to an age rating. • Pair a profile to your Plex Home profile, or to its own Jellyfin or Emby user, so watched state stays separate on the server too. • Two profiles are included; up to five with Supporter. SUBTITLES, DONE PROPERLY • Aether reads subtitle files itself and times them against the picture, so they sit where you put them — in the black bars or over the video, in your own style, with sync and size adjustable in the player. • Search OpenSubtitles from a title's own page in thirty-one languages, ranked against the exact file you're playing. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • One library across every connected source, filtered by genre, year, rating, country, audio language, server or the libraries you curated on them. • Continue Watching, Up Next and a Discover tab with trending titles and Where to Watch availability in your region. • Person pages, franchise collections, and ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. • Music as its own tab — artists, albums, playlists, and a player built for it, with the catalog kept on disk so it opens offline. • Live TV from a playlist you already have, with a full guide, categories you make yourself, Xtream Codes accounts and HDHomeRun tuners. Bring-your-own: Aether provides no channels. BEAUTIFUL ON EVERY SCREEN • iPhone and iPad: cinematic hero art, a page that grows out of the poster you tapped. • Apple TV: precision focus design, and your Continue Watching in the top shelf. • Apple Vision Pro: an auditorium around the picture — raked seating, masking walls, house lights down. • Mac: a native app with a menu-bar mode, a series browser, and Apple's own decoder for what it can play. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Aether connects only to the servers you configure. No account of ours, no cloud, no ads, no cross-app tracking. Your ratings, watchlist and resume positions live on your devices and in your own iCloud. Optional anonymous usage statistics can be turned off any time. SOURCES • Plex (multi-server, multi-account) • Jellyfin (multi-server) • Emby (multi-server, Live TV, music) • Silo • SMB / network shares, with Bonjour discovery • WebDAV • Local files Optional, all bring-your-own: connect your own Seerr to request what you don't have, your own Trakt or Simkl account to track what you watch, and your own OpenSubtitles account for subtitle search. Aether requires a Plex, Jellyfin, Emby or Silo media server, an SMB or WebDAV share, or local video files. It is not a streaming service and does not provide any content. Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Silo, Trakt, Simkl and OpenSubtitles are trademarks of their respective owners. Aether is an independent, third-party client and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aetherplayer.com/privacy

About

Quven

Features
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Quven brings the films, series, documentaries, music, audiobooks and ebooks stored on your own Quven Server to iPhone and iPad, in an app designed for each screen. YOUR LIBRARY, PRESENTED WITH CARE • Separate sections for films, series, documentaries, music, audiobooks and books • Posters, synopses, cast, ratings and trailers where the catalogues provide them • Continue Watching, Up Next and a Home Screen widget that resumes in one tap • Personal profiles, each with its own Watchlist, collections and private ratings • Fast search across the whole library, including from a hardware keyboard on iPad PLAYBACK AT FULL QUALITY • Direct playback of compatible files at their original quality • HDR on supported devices • A choice of audio track, subtitles and quality • Conversion by your server whenever a file requires it • Picture in Picture and AirPlay • Playback resumes where you stopped, on every device MUSIC, AUDIOBOOKS AND BOOKS • Albums, artists, playlists and lyrics, with playback that continues in the background • Audiobooks with chapters, adjustable speed, a sleep timer and your position saved • A reader for your ebooks, with a table of contents and bookmarks AT HOME AND AWAY On your home network, the app finds your server without an address being typed. Away from home, it can reach the same server through the remote connection set up on that server. PRIVACY Your media files remain on your server and are not stored by Quven. A Quven Account manages sign-in, profiles and the link to your servers, and you can delete it from the app at any time. Diagnostic reports and usage statistics are sent only with your consent. REQUIREMENTS • Quven Server, installed on a computer you own running Windows, macOS or Linux • A Quven Account, which can be created free of charge • Your own media library Quven does not provide, sell or rent films, series, music or books. The app plays only the media stored on your own server. Terms of Use: https://quven.tv/legal/terms Licence Agreement: https://quven.tv/legal/eula Privacy Policy: https://quven.tv/legal/privacy This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Quven is developed by Quven Technologies S.R.L.

Screenshots

Aether Player4 screens
Quven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quven at none against Aether Player's 6. Quven also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Aether Player's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and device support (5 vs 2). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aether Player sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Quven asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aether Player ships an update weekly, Quven every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Aether Player versus Quven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAether PlayerQuven
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaclav ZmrhalQuven Technologies SRL

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Aether Player

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter (Monthly)14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Supporter (Yearly)14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Aether Lifetime$39.99
None

Quven

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aether Player free?
Aether Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quven free?
Quven is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aether Player or Quven have ads?
Neither Aether Player nor Quven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aether Player or Quven?
Aether Player ships an update weekly, and Quven every 6 weeks. Most recently, Aether Player was updated on November 5, 2026 and Quven on November 5, 2026.

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